Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Worcester Porcelain Dessert Dish Bearing the Armourial Achievement of Lieutenant G. O. Gunning, 10th Hussars.
The oval scalloped dish, measuring 245mm x 195mm, bearing the posthumous armourial achievement of Lieutenant George Orlando Gunning, 10th Hussars, of Horton House, Northamptonshire, featuring the Waterloo Medal and riband at centre, with floral decorations around, good condition £60-£80

George Orlando Gunning was born on 18 December 1796, the son of Sir George Gunning, Bt., and the Hon. Elizabeth Gunning, née Bridgeman, and was educated at Charterhouse. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the 3rd Dragoons on 8 April 1813, and served with them in the Peninsula War from March to April 1814, being present at the final action at the Battle of Toulouse on 10 April 1814. He transferred to the 10th Hussars on 26 December 1814, and served during the Waterloo campaign in Brevet Major Taylor’s No. 2 Troop, being killed in action at the Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815. Captain George Luard, 18th Hussars, witnessed his death, which he described thus:
‘Poor young Gunning was shot but suffered little, only crying “Great God”, and dropped from his horse quite dead in a moment.’